The Canon PowerShot S3 IS is the unfamiliar grease and markedly celebrated livelihood of excessive fly cameras, later the 5.0-Mp S2 IS, the 3.2-Mp S1 IS, besides the 2.6-Mp Pro90 IS. The Canon S3 IS accommodates an unstopped range of users with its convertible annul of pretension control. Experienced shooters will be obliged the Manual, Aperture Priority, again Shutter Priority modes, infinity novices commit find the Auto, Program AE, and Scene modes useful.

With a full range of creative effects, the added attraction of 12x zoom Canon optics, and optical image stabilization -- a feature found on only a handful of digital cameras, most of them more expensive, the Canon S3 IS should appear high up on the lists for photographers looking for a long-zoom camera. Like its predecessor, the S3 IS's well-integrated Movie mode can record at 640x480 pixels and 30 fps with zoom -- and it records stereo sound. The Canon S3 IS bumps showdown up to 6.0 megapixel (for 2,816 x 2,112 pixel images evolvement from 2,592 x 1,944), increases the innervations straighten to ISO 800, stuff a slightly more desirable LCD (2.0 inches vs. 1.8), includes a Movie button available domination parcel Record mode, again adds a 16:9 widescreen aspect ratio.

Basic Comments

• 6.0-megapixel CCD delivering image resolutions as large as 2,816 x 2,112 pixels
• 2.0-inch color LCD monitor with 115,000 pixels
• Electronic optical viewfinder of low-temperature polycrystalline silicon
• Glass, 12x 6.0-72mm lens (equivalent to 36-432mm zoom on a 35mm camera)
• 4x digital zoom (48x combined with optical)
• FlexiZone autofocus and a manual focus mode
• Full Automatic, Program AE, Shutter Priority, Aperture Priority, Manual, and Custom.
• Manually adjustable aperture setting ranging from a maximum of f/2.7 to f/3.5.
• Shutter speed range from 1/3,200 to 15 seconds.
• Built-in pop-up flash with five operating modes
• Secure Digital (SD) memory storage
• Power supplied by four AA batteries or optional AC adapter
 
Special Comments

• Optical image stabilization
• AF Assist Beam
• Movie and Still shutter buttons with simultaneous operation
• Stereo recording in Movie mode
• Sound caption recording
• Stitch-Assist mode for panoramic shots
• Continuous Shooting, and 2 or 10-second Self-Timer modes
• Unique "My Colors" mode
• Night Display brightens LCD for easier framing of dark subjects
• Ten custom Photo Effects
• White balance (color) adjustment with eight modes
• ISO adjustment with Auto, High Auto and five ISO equivalents
• Automatic Exposure Bracketing and Automatic Focus Bracketing
• Evaluative, Center-Weighted, and Spot metering options
• DPOF (Digital Print Order Format) and PictBridge compatibility
• USB 2.0 High Speed interface
• USB cable for connection to a computer or certain printers (driver software included)
• Video cable for connection to NTSC/PAL televisions, VCRs, etc.
 
Inside Portion

The Canon PowerShot S3 IS comes with the following items:

• Canon PowerShot S3 IS
• Neck Strap NS-DC4
• Lens cap
• Four AA-type alkaline batteries
• USB cable IFC-400PCU
• Stereo Video cable STV-250N
• 16MB SD card SDC-16M
• Digital Camera Solution CD
• Instruction manual, software guide, and registration kit